Pre-primary education is school-like activity, where we mostly learn school-related skills through playful methods, such as learning to listen, being mindful of others, and developing social skills.
To apply for pre-primary education (esiopetus) in Rantasalmi, you need to register your child in the same year they turn 6. Registration details and a letter with instructions are sent to families, and the application deadline for the 2024-2025 school year is March 22, 2024. Information about registration is also available in local newspapers and on the Rantasalmi municipality's website. You can register through an online form.
For more information and the registration link, visit: https://www.rantasalmi.fi/sujuvaa-arkea/kasvatus-ja-koulutus/esiopetus/
Pre-primary education is free teaching that children receive in a day-care centre or school in the year before compulsory education. Pre-primary education is also organised in private early childhood education and care.
Children in the pre-primary education age, or 6 years, participate in pre-primary education. Those 7-year-olds whose school attendance has been postponed also participate in pre-primary education. It can additionally be attended by 5-year-olds to whom a decision on extended compulsory education has been issued.
The children receive pre-primary education for four hours every morning. During this time, a lunch is served to the children.
If a pupil in pre-primary education needs support, they have the right to the assistance services and aids they need.
Under the Basic Education Act, participation in pre-primary education is mandatory. The child’s guardian is responsible for ensuring that the child participates in pre-primary education or other activities that meet the objectives for pre-primary education the year preceding the start of their compulsory education.